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Choosing Your Physician Wisely

Before arranging a no-scalpel vasectomy, the following points (below) are issues to consider when choosing your no-scalpel vasectomy doctor. This is a tool meant to help you begin the search process. It is not meant to be a subsitute for medical advice. You may wish to print this page for use as a guide.

Always ensure the surgeon is licensed to practice in your jurisdiction (i.e. state or province).
Ask how many vasectomies the physician performs -in career/ per week/ per year?
Consider the technique - no-scalpel verses conventional.
Ask if the technique performed is 'open-ended' or 'closed ended'?
Ask about the physician's complication rates.
Ask about the doctor's failure rate.
Ask how many minutes it takes the physician to complete the procedure?
Does the physician use fascial interposition? (See procedures)
Ask how the tubes are blocked - Cautery of the vas or suture ligation of the vas? (see blocking the tubes)
Does the surgeon have a university appointment?